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CVE-2002-1272

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1272 describes a backdoor Telnet server present in Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700/7800 switches running AOS 5.1.1, intended for development but left in production. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating that unauthenticated remote attackers can easily gain full administrative privileges with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:alcatel:aos:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0528 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10664
cert.org / advisories/CA-2002-32.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/181721
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/6220